Heterotopic ossification and cubital tunnel syndrome in traumatic brain injury: Ultrasound 'sees' both

Kara M., Yalcin S., Yenigun D., Tiftik T., Malas F. U., ÖZÇAKAR L.

JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION, vol.28, no.2, pp.415-417, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3233/bmr-140519
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.415-417
  • Keywords: Ultrasonography, ulnar nerve, head trauma, 3D computed tomography, SPINAL-CORD-INJURY, SONOGRAPHY, DIAGNOSIS
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Reported here is a 50-year-old man with cubital tunnel syndrome due to heterotopic ossification after traumatic brain injury. Herein, underscoring the role of ultrasonographic evaluations in the diagnosis of our patient, we suggest that ultrasonographic imaging can be a useful first-line diagnostic method for the possibility of HO and its complications. Further, due to its high spatial resolution, lack of radiation and easy applicability, we imply that US seems to overweigh in the daily practice of rehabilitation physicians.